Spanish company Senor will develop and produce control systems for the Patriot GEM-T missile

American company raytheon has been awarded sener A contract for the development and production of the electromechanical control section of the missile Patriot Gem-T, Spanish company will be part of an industrial plan to manufacture 1,000 missiles in Europe Gem-T recently purchased nato By a coalition of countries formed by Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain.

Senor will work with Raytheon engineering experts to co-develop a critical component of the missile’s control section Gem-T

, which will later be produced in Spain at its facilities in Tres Cantos, Madrid. The two companies have signed a first strategic agreement around the program in mid-2023 Patriot,

“Senar will play a fundamental role in supporting our expansion of GEM-T missile production capacity in Europe,” he said. Pete Bata, Vice President of Global Patriot at Raytheon. “With our extensive (and growing) network of suppliers in the region, we are moving forward to grow this critical inventory of air defense missiles in support of NATO and our patriotic European allies.”

On his part, Director General Defense Sener, rafael orbe

Assured that “We are pleased to receive Raytheon’s confidence in this important contract that consolidates Senor’s role as a center of international excellence in the design and manufacturing of missile actuation and control systems.”

Orbe took the opportunity to highlight the capabilities of the Spanish missile sector: “The Spanish defense industry has high technological capabilities and we are proud to put it at the service of Raytheon, our armed forces and NATO allies.”

GEM-T missile interceptor is a development Patriot Advanced Capability 2 (PAC-2) Designed to neutralize tactical ballistic missiles, and represents the main effector of air and anti-missile defense systems. Patriot

Tested in battle.

Currently, the system Patriot It is used by 19 countries (eight European countries and Ukraine) to defend against cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and enemy drones and aircraft.